The phrase "a tight margin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is little difference or allowance between two competing factors, such as scores, profits, or time.
Example: "The race was incredibly close, with the winner finishing with a tight margin of just a few seconds ahead of the runner-up."
Alternatives: "a narrow margin" or "a slim margin".
"Apart from the fact there is real waste, you're not making your money" without such controls, Mr. Fassa said, noting that the company operates on a tight margin.
Neither party would be guaranteed of victory on such a tight margin (although the sophomore surge phenomenon suggests the Coalition would probably win in such a tight race), but punters have clearly sided with the Coalition.
Barack Obama spent part of his Saturday making a rare visit to Capitol Hill to press some hesitating Democrats into giving their support, although in the end the tally of 220-215 in favour of the legislation, with 39 Democrats voting against, was a tight margin.
Its pretax, pre-interest earnings cover its interest bill just over two times, a tight margin for error.
We fix the tolerance to a tight margin of the real value, stressing equally the optimization algorithms in their search for the optimum value.
However, two other polls, by Harris-Decima and Ipsos-Reid, showed a tighter margin between the two parties.While Mr Harper may not be loved, he has gained respect as a competent manager.
And this year she fought a hard campaign to win by a tighter margin, taking 51.6% of the vote to Mr Neves' 48.4%.
While a ROI adjacent to electrode was chosen, the important biological response may be confined to a tighter margin around the electrode.
"Health care is such a tight-margin business," said Helen Wilmot, the chief executive of eHealthContracts.
Since the day he got there, he's been on a championship-caliber team with a very tight margin of error, and that's a high standard that's probably not fair".
Until a week or so ago, Capriles seemed likely to lose by a respectably tight margin to Chavez.
